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The Dynasty of Aṁśumān
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means miserable life. In this age, so many girls are unmarried and falsely imagining themselves free, but their life is miserable. Here is an instance in which a woman felt that without her husband she was nothing but a dead body.
TEXT 33
एवं करुणभाषिण्या विलपन्त्या अनाथवत् ।
व्याघ्रः पशुभिवाखादत् सौदासः शापमोहितः ॥३३॥
evaṁ karuṇa-bhāṣiṇyā vilapantyā anāthavat vyāghraḥ paśum ivākhādat saudāsaḥ śāpa-mohitaḥ
evam —in this way;  karuṇa-bhāṣiṇyāḥ —while the  brāhmaṇa ’s wife was speaking very pitiably;  vilapantyāḥ —lamenting severely;  anātha-vat —exactly like a woman who has no protector;  vyāghraḥ —a tiger;  paśum —prey animal;  iva —like;  akhādat —ate up;  saudāsaḥ —King Saudāsa;  śāpa —by the curse;  mohitaḥ —because of being condemned.
TRANSLATION
Being condemned by the curse of Vasiṣṭha, King Saudāsa devoured the  brāhmaṇa , exactly as a tiger eats its prey. Even though the  brāhmaṇa ’s wife spoke so pitiably, Saudāsa was unmoved by her lamentation.
PURPORT
This is an example of destiny. King Saudāsa was condemned by the curse of Vasiṣṭha, and therefore even though he was well qualified he could not restrain himself from becoming a tigerlike Rākṣasa, for this was his destiny.  Tal labhyate duḥkhavad anyataḥ sukham (Bhāg. 1.5.18) . As one is put into distress by destiny, destiny can also put one in a happy situation. Destiny is extremely strong, but one can change destiny if one comes to the platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.  Karmāṇi nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhājām (Brahma-saṁhitā 5.54) .